Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89
एतत्पुण्यतमाख्यानं विप्रस्य शिवशर्मणः । श्रुत्वा पापविनिर्मुक्तो ज्ञानं परममृच्छति
etatpuṇyatamākhyānaṃ viprasya śivaśarmaṇaḥ | śrutvā pāpavinirmukto jñānaṃ paramamṛcchati
ബ്രാഹ്മണനായ ശിവശർമന്റെ ഈ അതിപുണ്യമായ ആഖ്യാനം ശ്രവിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ പാപമുക്തനായി പരമജ്ഞാനം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
Skanda (contextual, Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A concluding phalaśruti moment: a sage-narrator’s discourse ends; listeners sit in reverent stillness as the merit of hearing is proclaimed, with Kāśī’s sacred skyline implied.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a purified Purāṇic account destroys sin and matures into supreme knowledge.
The verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework, broadly glorifying Kāśī as the setting where such liberating narratives are taught and heard.
No external rite is prescribed here; the stated practice is śravaṇa—hearing the sacred account with faith.